North Carolina Newspapers

48TH YEAR Johnston County’s Oldest and Best N e w sp a pe r - - E s t a b 1 i s h e d 1882 THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFTELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1930 j kit* •<! SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER C I. M. Bailey Goes Back To Old Job Bitter Cold Wave Sets New I j>\v Records; Increased Tobaccr Acreage Is Indicated For N. C. 1. M. Bailey, who was appointed jM&t year to succeed A. J. Max Weil, Corporation Commissioner, when Maxwell was named revenue commissioner, last weak resigned his position and Stanley Winbome of Murfreesboro, was appointed to succeed him. It was stated that Mr. Bailey will return to his old position as counsel for the Cor poration Commission and that his salary will be fixed at $7,500 a year. Gov. O. Max Gardner re ceived Mri Bailey's resignation wrlth reluctance and was highly pleased that his services to the state will .be available as counsel to the Commission. ‘‘I do not think the state has a finer public servant than Mr. Bailey/’ Gover nor Gardner said. Mr. Bailey, a son of the late J. Ruffin Bailey, formerly lived in Smithfield and he has many relatives an<j friends here and in the county. A bitter cold wave setting: new low (records on thermometers swept over the Middle West last week. In (some sections records of Shears’ standing were broken when tnfc. n^reury dropped below the graduations on the dials. At Bis on arck, N. D., the thermometer stood at 28 below; at Duluth, Minn., 26; at St. Paul, 18; and at Denver it went to 19 below. The temperature struck zero in Nor thern Oklahoma for the first time in ten years. In Chicago where zero temperatures prevailed, the streets were almost deserted. Much suffering among the poor was reported and Salvation Army and other charitable organizations were crowded. Police station cor ridors swarmed with homeless men seeking warmth. Many deaths attributed to the cold were re ported in the Rocky Mountain states. One of the worst blizzards in history swept down on Texas from the northwest. Snow blanket ed the entire panhandle and fell in termittently in east and central Texas. The Mississippi Valley was visited by one of the worst Know jlfrfms of the season. Indications are that North Car olina farmers are planning a large increase in tobacco acreage this year in spite of repeated warnings from agricultural ex perts and Gov. O. Max Gardner. According to I. O. Schaub, dean of the State College school of agriculture and director of the agricultural extension service, county agents report farmers re cleaning and treating seed in quantities that indicate they are preparing to plant a tremendous acrege csf tobacco, especially in the counties where the boll weevil did most damage last year. Dean Schaub states /that not only in eastern North Carolina but in South Carolina and Georgia there will be a big increase in acreage this year, lie urges uie jariim in this state where the boll wee vil has made cotton unprofitable to plant more food and fowl crops rather than add to the acreage of what appears to he the biggest ^crpage ever planted in tobacco in the United States. The eligibility of Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen to be a member of Congress is being questioned in Washington. The challenge was made by William C. Lawson, whom she defeated in the election last fall, when she was selected to rep .resent the Fourth Florida Congres sional District. Lawson claim that she sacrificed her United States citizenship when she mar ried Major Reginald Owen of thr British Army, and that she does not fulfill the constitutional re quirements for House membership Mrs. Owen made a personal ap peal to the House Flections Com mittee in a hearing Saturday. -She base! her legal argument on tw< points—that the constitution re quires seven years' citizenship fci Mouse membership, not sever years immediately prior to elec tion, and that the purpose of tin Cable Act was to restore citizen ftihip of women who had lost it b; marriage, “as if it had newer bcei lost.” After the World War, ii CHAMPION cotton grower rm?, w T.:• til;-.>. o rut shows graphically how J. Wilson Alexander of Cornelius. Mecklenburg County, won the State championship in growing cotton for lt'2'i. Mr. Alexander pro dured ’.early 1111 five bin dr- 1 un ! bale.: of lint col-on on fi c a r- s or lend. Thr> work was done in roo;1 ration v ith ! W. I won. agricultural teacher at Cornelius H i g h School, and Kope Elias, County Agent o IM ecklciiburg County. Dr. Blanch Gives Dental Lectures Scries In County Well Received; Last Lecture Given at School Auditorium Here Friday Even ing; Clinic Now Going On I>r. Ernest A. Branch, director I if the department of oral hygiene ! >f the State Board of Health, I •pent seven days recently in John- i ■ten county showing dental slides j md lecturing upon the importance j f caring for one’s teeth, his so- ; •its of lectures culminating in | he one given at the school audi- ! orium here Friday evening. Free dental clinics started in : fohnsten county three weeks ago 1 it Selma, and will continue for I leven weeks longer. The clinic is j still in progress at Selma where [ lumbers of children in the Selma iis.trict including those from the ■ural sections which are trucked o Sehna, are taking advantage ; f this free dental work. Dr. W. . Wco-davd, the state clinic den •ist is doing the work, which is ' rvailnble only for children under' hirtcen years of age. When the ve'k has been completed in Selma, Jr. Woodard will go to some other school in the county. In conjunction with the clinics, he educational work of Dr. Brandi proves very effective, and iis lectuies made at the princi pal s-chcolis in -the county has ! aroused considerable interest in .’are of the teeth. A large crowd ~rrecu r J Dr. Branch here Friday evening, and all were delighted vi‘.H his lecture which he illus :rated with ten or more slides. Prior to the lecture, the -school put en an interesting program 'eatured by the Little Orchestra Ibeeted h.v little Mbs Anne Abell, ind by readings given by pupils .f the school in celebration of the anniversaries of Robert E. Lee and “Stonewall” Jackson. Farmer;-: Meeting in Benson. The fourth of a series of far mer’s meeting's on Cotton Im provement, sponsored by the Ag riculture department of Benson high rchccl will meet in the Ben cr n school building Wednesday at 7:-J0 p. m. January 22. The sub ject for the meeting is Boll Wee v:! Control and the speaker is C. H. Brannon, boll weevil specialist from State College. These- meetings will be held each Wednesday night until February 2'1. AT interested persons are invited. which her husband saw active service, *he brought her husband, now broken in health, to Florida. Scon afteiiwards ho died, leaving her with four children. Hawing lost their wealth during the war, it was necessary for Mrs. Owen to support her family by lecturing and because of her busy life it was impossible for a time to go through the necessary formalities of restoration of citizenship. In 1925 she was granted full citi zenship under the Cable Aft of 1922, Farm Progrm To feature Banquet Cotton Standardization Will He Discussed By Cotton Men, Gin ners and Farmers at Live-At llome Dinner Here Next Tuesday evening', Janu ary 28, a Cotton Standardization n-! Improvement banquet which also be a “Live-at-Home ’ banquet, will be held in the rec reation room of the Methodist clrurc'-Si. An invitation has been extended to more than a hundred guests including farmers, ginners, jankers, and other business men. John sign county. The program is being sponsored by the North Carolina Cotton Growers Association together with Slate College. The county farm agent, ar. 1 the county heme agent are cooperating in the event, and Mr. J. B. Slack, the farm agent, will be toastmaster on this occas ion. Miss Garrison, the county homo agent, and her home demon trution clubs are preparing the “Lave-at-Home” menu, and nothing ■will be served except Johnston e unty products. A number of outstanding men in the state are scheduled to speak on this occasion. Roy H. Thomas, superviser of vocational agricul ture, will discuss the “Purpose and Plans of Cotton Standard iz a n c mm it tee”; Dr. R. Y. Win ers. director of N. C. Experiment statCn, will speak on “Produc *h n rf Cotton’’; L’. B. Blalock, head of the N. C. Cotton Growers ('e cprat ive Assoeiation, \v i.l 1 t a1 k on “Marketing of Cotton”; E. W. Gaither, district agent of exten sion work, will suggest “How County Agents Can Cooperate in a Standardization Pro-gram”; T. E. Browne, director of vocational ed u cat ion, will tell llow Teachers of Agriculture Can Cooperate; W. H. J)ar.-t, director N. C. Seed Im provement Association, will tell how that, association can help; M. C Mann, assistant general man ager of the N. C. Cotton Growers Association, will outline how bankers and -other business men may cooperate. J. W. Stephenson, director N. C. Cotton Growers As sociation,'and prominent farmer and ginner will talk on “How Girners Can Cooperate.” The topic, “How Farmers Can Cooperate,” will be discussed by a local far nn r. wlvo.se name will be announc < d later. Alls-; .MeLamb Keturns. Miss Luma Mc'Lamh, register of deeds, returned home Sunday from Baltimore where she accompanied her {brother-in-law, Mr. Arthur Neighbors, of Benson, who entered Jolms Hopkins Hospital for treat ment. Mr. Neighbors as as hurt in an automobile accident in De cember and remained in the hos pital here for several weeks. Mr. W. J. Huntley has been spending a few days in Lynch 1 burg, Va., on business. 1 Cotton Champion For N. C.In 1929 Mecklenburg Farmer Makes Best Record Producing 1 1,620 Pounds Seed Cotton on Five Acres; Profit Per Acre $159.83 By producing 14,020 pounds of seed colton or 5,720 pounds of lint- on five acres cf land, J. Wil - n Alexander of Cornelius in •■! rehlcnburg county has been de clared the cotton growing chaan /ion of North Carolina for the v2r 1 929. Announcement to this fret was made this week by in an 1. O. Schaub, director of the ituMural extension service of f .ote College ana head of the edu cn3l field work with farmers r; this state. Mr. Alexander con .: d the record-breaking dem onstration under the su.pervisdon f D. V.h Eascm, agricultural iMOii • in the Cornelius High hd.o.d. where Mr. Alexander is a :< her of the night classes for ; lull farmers. The official records show that ,n the five acres under demon ration. Mr. Alexander produced h924 pounds of seed co-tton or M‘t.5 pounds cif lint an care. To i - hi-, he used GOO pounds an . »■ re of superphosphate, 100 >oun Is of Chilean nitrate of soda ird 75 pounds cf muriate of pot i h at planting time under the • ■ a t - A t chopp:ng t ime, he gave he cc’.tcn an additional applica ii n i f 200 pounds of the Chilean ihui*e as a side dressin g. On a check -plot adjoining the live acre tract, Mr. Alexander veduced 1,005 pounds of seed cot ■i n or 072 pounds of lint, using n replication of 500 pounds of m 8-3-3 fertilizer applied at >’anting. The expense account shows a let profit of $799.20 on the five lores under demonstration or a >rofit per acre of $159.85. The •cst of producing one pound of :nt amounted to a little over four :‘ents a pound. In the expense ac count are included S50 for man vgerial services, $50 for rent on 'and. 87.50 for implement depre ciation, $42 for ginning, $140.20 for picking, $07.78 for fertilizer used, S9.75 for seed, $3 for use •f tractor, $23.80 for mule labor and $34.50 for man labor. The to i-ui expense The iinccn\e items show 295.8 bushels of seed at (50 cents a bush el amounting to SI74.48 and the lint e'etton sold for 18 Mj cents a pound amounting: to $1,059.31. This made a total income of SI 233.79 leaving’ the net profit of $799.2(5 on the five acres. The check plot where no nitrate of soda was used netted only $88.02 an acre or $443.10 if fig ured on a five-acre basts, show ing that the use of quickly avail able nitrogen in the fertilizer was highiy {>rof ita ble. Mr. Alexander has conducted this -same type of demonstration for two years. In 1928, he pro duced 12,4455 pounds of seed cot on or 4,082 pounds of Limit on No Starvation Ye!: In Johnston County Welfare Officer States I’sual Number Appeals Ifor He!,) Arc Thfible'l, But Emer gencies Are Being Met. i ‘ S.aivaiiun" conditions in some "I* t!•:k eajcm counties due to ■ poor crops and the general de j ci: >s.cn, reports of which nave I hem carried in the press during: I the ]/:*,st. ten day.?, d(» not obtain • in Johnston county, according: to j Mbs. 1). J. Thurston, county wel | rare officer, who is in dose touch j or it h the situation. j Mrs. Thurston states that there ■> plenty of evidence of hard ! ntc-s in the county. She is re | "dv.ur -three times as many calls for help as usual, hut. there have been m> real starvation eases re ported to her, and the county to gether with religious and service organizations are taking care of the calls ■?<> far. January .is the worst month, thinks .Mrs. Tiiurs t>n, hut even last Saturday, which usually a day of heavy de mands, saw a falling off of ap peals: Most of those who are asking for help are chronic cases, states the welfare officers, those whose j orop fails every year, though : rhere are also a number of Iran- j j siients who have to be looked ! j after. Among these transients are! i colored people who have come here < | from South Carolina to work in 1 tobacco, and now the season is I over, find thcmse-lves> in sore ! straits. The colored people them selves are helping- to take care of such cases. Mrs. Thurston told the Herald reporter yesterday that the gen erous response to appeals at Christmas on the part of individ uals and organizations has been n wonderful aid in making condi tions better in the county. Gon D’deraible clothing, food1, and even cash were turned over to her for distribution, which she has dispensed only as needed. Principals of the schools and the teachers are cooperating- in ob • a lining second hand books for .pu pils who are unable to buy them. A spirit, is shown in the county j ease conditions without calling fur cut-?’ >o help. The a.nual migration of ten ants is about over, and Mrs. Thurston thinks that when farm . ”k begins to open up in Feb iiinry. that conditions will gradu improve. NOAH’S ARK" TO HE SHOWN IN SMITH FIELD The famous picture, "Noah’s Ark,” the long heralded epic of ‘ho flood, will be shown here on Thursday and Friday, January 30 b and 31, at the Sanders theatre. ' The picture will be sponsored by j • he missionary society of the ! Methodist church, and matinee and oning performances will be giv •n The picture was more than j three years in production and is j •»-aid to be the finest and most am- J '1' ■ j,»us picture that Warner Broth-j ers have yet made. The settings 1 occupied 38 acres, ami thousands ; d* people were employed in the flood scenes, as well as in the events which occur in the se quences depicting modern times. MRS. STEVENS HOSTESS TO ('Ll II. The* Friday Afterno-on bridge club was entertained last week with Mrs. L. G. Stevens as hostess *.o the club. Three tables wore in j play for the game and a number of enjoyable progressions follow- | cd. Mrs. H. P. Stevens made top j 'score and was remembered with j ! a gift. Tempting refreshments j ! were served at a late hour in the j afternoon. I The only guests besides the . members were Mrs. Everett Stcv-; ens, and Miss Miriam Snydor of Richmond,- Va. five acres. JlLs re-cord this .past season was much superior to .the results of 1928. For making this excellent yield, Mr. Alexander will participate .in ia tour through Mississippi and Florida as the guest of the Chil ean Nitarte of Soda Educational Bureau. Other crop champions ifroan'the several states of tho j south will bo included in the party. 'B.TO '"nl—M—■C3MIf ■1IJCI 80-GALLON OIL BURNER STILL O-lile Si Li' 1 iti ’ Deputy Josse Yclverton (rijtht) who caplused the still on the night oi Jan. 11 in Beulah Township and arrested one rnun; Sheriff A. J. bitzgerald (in the center), conunander in-chiel o! the county prohibition forces; Jailer Davis (to tin' left) who made junk of the still. Legion Here To Conduct Round-up Post Commander 1>. Park Makes Statement; Gen. Albert L. Cox Will Speak At Meeting Here Next Tuesday Night C. L. Park, commjander of P u Parrish Post No. 1112 of the Amer ican Legion, was interviewed yes terday with reference to the par licdpaticn of the local post in the kveek designated by the State ik.maunder of the American Le gion, Department of North Garo ina, as “Round-Up Week.” P st tomniander Park first quoted State Commander Geo. K. F*ive nan c.f Goldsboro as having said, 'This the eleventh year of the Xmcrican Legion’s existence finds :rvcater demand bring made upon :s for constructive work than iver before. The ranks of our dis abled comrades are constantly in n-earing making necessary contin u'd leader.-hip fee adequate ho. j-ital-3. The number of dependent ;rphan children of our deceased • mrr.des is increasing, -requiring ; large membership in the Legion >o furnish funds, leadership and a:m-imistraiticn to insure -them op 's : tunities to which their fathers ind mothers heroic service en V.lets them. The restlessness of our ;ce,ple due to adverse conditions n many sections of the state dc namls -some unselfish origami za ion in ieau i;. eunimuiiny biTVKi'. rh‘e growth of opinions subsersive .* our form of governnuni-t rc luiire constant vigilance on the 3 art of men and women who ih-av ng dedicated their -lives to serv ce -of .state «nd nation -stand un livii'.nted in the face of such mjovc nents for -strict adhere nee to the principles upon which our -gov ernment was founded and in the observance of which it lias been maintained. These and -the su preme importance of seeing that the Universal Draft bill (which will certainly tend to take the profit out of war as this bill pro vides that in case of war money power as well as man power shall be drafted), and othc-r demands to ex-service men are so impell ing that the Legion -has decided to put these nrattrs frankly be fore every ex-service man and en deavor to enroll them in the American Legion before February 1st. “In the past we ilia-ve mot roal!.\ tried to secure our membership m early,” continued Command-ei Park, “but this year we feel tha; ve 'should do s o in- order it hut tom post, district, division and depart ment oficers may devote itlici: full -time and attention to thes nres-sing needs, and that the leg i stature and con gives may knov jthait our large membership en Turn to page five 3 Eag!e Scouts Receive Badges Edwin Itroadhurst, Hon Crimes and Richard Noble Attain High est Honor in Scouting* The Hoy Scout movement wa.s •the theme ot the service held at • he Methodist church Sunday eve ning1, and the local Hoy Scout tno-op was given prominence in tile program. Boy Scouts ushered and took up the offering;. Scout Ghas. Itieha r<l Royal 1 presided over the program, calling; on Scout James' Bujidy to read the scripture les sen. Rev. J. D. Bundy’s message of •the evening was with reference to the Scout movement. The program culminated in the presentation of badges to three Ragle Scouts, Edwin Broadhurst, Benjamin Grimes, and Richard No-' hie. This is the highest honor to which a Scout can attain, and 21 merit badges are required to be come an Eagle Scout. Mr. Harts horn, of Goldsboro, president of the Tuscarora Council, made the presentation speech. Mr. Edgar Watson is the local scoutmaster. FI UK ON OFFICERS ABOUT TO RAID STILL Percy Wood, constable in Cleve land township, and N. T. John son, a deputized officer, had a. narrow escape Sunday night when they attempted to raid a still near Middle Creek below the Wal ter Mocre bridge. A still had been reported to Constable Wood, and about eleven o’clock ho and Mr. Johnson attempted to investigate. Two spies were on duty and as they neared the istill site, a signal was given which caused the three white men and one negro at the still to run taking with them the worm and ’cap. The spies then opened fire upon the officers, and it is as id that if they had been j in an upright position, they would have received the full force of the ; shots. They left the vicinity and | reported the affair to the sheriff’s , office. j However, the Cleveland township oficers went back yesterday morn ing ami tore up the still, and pour led out about dO gallons of beer. A CARD OF THANKS W. N. Lee and family wish tr thank the people of Snvithfiold am especially the nurses and doctor; at the Johnston 'County Hospita for their kindness during the ill ness and death of Grace Lee, Willard R. Anderson has re signed as counity agent in .Swab county to begin farming. In Lenoir county, 16 farmer, recleaned an,] treated enough sea to plant 3,510 acres of tobacco* Golden Wedding Clayton Couple j Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. E1IC I Celebrate Their Fiftieth Wed ding Anniversary; Brilliant I Reception -, j CLAYTON, Jan. 20.—Of unique | interest to friends in the com imunity, where for more than ha' (a century their names have sU> 1 for all fhat is best in the life ■ f j the community was the goldc.' j wedding anniversary of Mr. an : I Mrs. Charles Penny Ellis, j The Ellis residence in West j Clayton was artistically decovatui j throughout 'in long leaf pine, yel low flowers and innumerable light ed golden candles. In the entranc. hall, beneath a wedding bell of del | icato yellow rases, Dr. and Mrs. i B. A. Hocutt welcomed the guest t The stairway was a thing cf | Ijreauty adorned in long leaf pine and trailing cedar, illumined aT •intervals with glowing golden can dles. Here Muss Frances Gulley received. in the living room Mrs. Hugh A. Page introduced ithe guests L:> tho bridal couple of r»U yours ago. Charles Penny Ellis and Mrs. El lis, who, in 1880, was Miss Annie Temple Barnes. Receiving with the couple, showered with, the fe licitations of several himdihed friends, were their ten children. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ilinnant, Mrs. II. J. Parker, of Baltimore; Miss Ruby Ellis, of Winston-Salcm; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ellis, Mrs/Jo seph Turley, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Jordan, of Raleigh; Mrs. Aubrey Gattis, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ellis, of Charlotte; Miss Clyde Ellis and Miss Annie V. Ellis. Five guests receiving who at j tended the wedding in 1880, were | Mrs. Zilphia Ellis, of Raleigh ; j Mrs. H. Johnson, Mrs. Laura Gu! I ley, Jack Ellis and Mrs. W. A. j Barnes. In the dining room, where the decorations were very lovely in the soft light of many golden can dles, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Gulley’ received, assisted by Mrs. W. J. Payne, Miss Cleve Barnes, and Mrs. R. W. Finlator, of Win ston-Salem. The dining table, cov ered with a filet cloth, was cen tered with a handsome decorated wedding cake, in three tiers, sur mount cd by a miniature bride ami groom, ami surrounded by four burning golden tapers in hand decorated golden holders. From either end of the table Mrs. Ash ley 11 onto and Mrs. Paul A. Wal lace served .bridal ices in wedding bell motif. Assisting in serving were tho granddaughters, Miase* Irma Turner, Bessie Jjee Human t. and Kathryn Ellis; also Miss Pauline Smith and Miss Margaret Broughton, of Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Penn di rected guests to a charmingly ap pointed bower, where Mr. anti Mi’s. J. Dwight Barbour poured punch, assisted by Mrs. Riley R. Gulley. In the gift room, where Mrs. Charles W. Horne had charge of the guest 'book, and where Mi. and Mrs. Rudolph Barnes and Mr. ami Mrs. W. P. 'Creech received, there were on display many val uable gifts. Bidding* guests farewell were: Mr. and Mrs. A. Sam White. Mu sical selections during the evening were rendered by Mrs. Warren Me Cullens, soloist; Mrs. Harm ; Brooks, violinist, and Mrs. John ! Talton and Mrs. C. II. Bedding (field, pianists. I --- Aunt Roxie Says I s diO. i De mo candy* dates d« Den> [ i myicrats have, de nierricir £§? ’Pubjidm*.”